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    The ruins of Gedi are a UNESCO World Heritage site near the Indian Ocean coast of eastern Kenya. The site is adjacent to the town of Gedi (also known...
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    spectacular ruins of the so-called golden age of Swahili architecture may still be observed near the southern Kenyan port of Malindi in the ruins of Gedi (the...
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    Gede, Kenya (redirect from Gedi, Kenya)
    known as Gedi) is a village on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya, lying in Kilifi County, south of Malindi and north of Watamu. The Ruins of Gedi are located...
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    Kilifi County (category Counties of Kenya)
    Kikambala, Watamu, Malindi and Kilifi. The county is known for the Ruins of Gedi, which includes mosques and tombs dating from the 11th to the 17th century...
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    Man-Eaters were a pair of large man-eating male lions in the Tsavo region of Kenya, which were responsible for the deaths of many construction workers...
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    group, Watamu Boat Operator, Safari Sellers and women's group. The ruins of Gedi (also known as Gede) are located near Watamu. According to archaeological...
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  • Thimlich Ohinga Ruins of Gedi The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to...
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  • Gedi or GEDI may refer to: Ali Mohamed Gedi (born 1952), Prime Minister of Somalia, 2004–2007 Bashir Nur Gedi (died 2007), Somalian dissident journalist...
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    Kenya Colony (redirect from Colony of Kenya)
    The Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, commonly known as British Kenya or British East Africa, was part of the British Empire in Africa from 1920 until...
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    experiencing plenty of privations from want of water, and of the danger from encounters with the Maasai. With the arrival in 1903 of hundreds of prospective settlers...
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    and an unconfirmed number of print newspapers and magazines. Publications mainly use English as their primary language of communication, with some media...
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    activities in the region, with the encouragement of the British government through the granting of an imperial charter, although it remained unclear...
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    Ein Gedi (Hebrew: עין גדי) was an important Jewish settlement on the western shore of the Dead Sea in ancient times. The ruins, including the 6th century...
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    Public holidays in Kenya (category Lists of public holidays by country)
    the Republic of Kenya, a country in East Africa. "Madaraka Day in Kenya in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 14, 2021. "History of Moi Day". The...
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    The music of Kenya is very diverse, with multiple types of folk music based on the variety over 50 regional languages. Zanzibaran taarab music has also...
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    1698, before losing control of the coast to the Sultanate of Oman when Fort Jesus was captured. European exploration of the interior commenced in 1844...
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    and pro-British Kikuyu). The capture of Field Marshal Dedan Kimathi on 21 October 1956 signalled the defeat of the Mau Mau, and essentially ended the...
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    Sirikwa culture (category Archaeology of Eastern Africa)
    predominant Kenyan hinterland culture of the Pastoral Iron Age, c.2000 BP. Seen to have developed out of the Elmenteitan culture of the East African Pastoral Neolithic...
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    The demography of Kenya is monitored by the Kenyan National Bureau of Statistics. Kenya is a multi-ethnic state in East Africa. Its total population was...
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    residents of Kenya with ancestral roots in the Indian subcontinent. Significant Indian migration to modern-day Kenya began following the creation of the British...
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    Kisii and Nyamira counties of former Nyanza, as well as parts of Kericho and Bomet counties of the former Rift Valley province of Kenya. The Abagusii traditionally...
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  • Gikuyu, Embu, and Meru Association (category Politics of Kenya)
    created to presumably advance the social and political needs of the Eastern Kenya Bantu people of Gikuyu, Embu, and Meru who though are closely related linguistically...
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    The Terik people are a Kalenjin group inhabiting parts of the Kakamega and Nandi Districts of western Kenya, numbering about 23,324 people. They live wedged...
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    between 1000AD and 1500AD. The earliest gravestone found at Gedi Ruins dates to the earlier part of this period. The oldest Swahili texts in existence also...
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    The culture of Kenya consists of multiple traditions and trends without a single prominent culture identifying the country. Kenyan cultural heritage and...
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    Africa Central Kenya. At a population of 8,148,668 as of 2019, they account for 17.13% of the total population of Kenya, making them Kenya's largest ethnic...
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    Fort Jesus (category History of Kenya)
    and 1596 by order of King Felipe II of Spain, who also reigned as King Filipe I of Portugal and the Algarves, to guard the Old Port of Mombasa. Fort Jesus...
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    Savanna Pastoral Neolithic (category History of Africa)
    known as the Stone Bowl Culture) is a collection of ancient societies that appeared in the Rift Valley of East Africa and surrounding areas during a time...
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    ethnic group inhabiting the Eastern Province of Kenya. The ethnonym Rendille translates as "Holders of the Stick of God". The Rendille are believed to have...
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    assimilation of the Sirkwa era Chok by the Pokotozek section of the Maliri. Early 20th century accounts of the Pokot identify two distinct branches of the community...
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